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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #artefacts, aggregated by home.social.

  1. usluck.com/865751/early-wwi-me Early WWI medal celebrating Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf for his initial successes in repulsing the Russian invasion from the Carpathian Mountains, Winter 1914-15. The campaign ended in disaster for the Austro-Hungarian forces with nearly 1 million dead on both sides. [2582×1257] #Artefact #ArtefactPorn #Artefacts #Artifact #ArtifactPorn #Artifacts

  2. usluck.com/865624/roman-marine Roman marine-life mosaic, Pompeii, c. 100 BC. The scene is a compact catalogue of over 20 Mediterranean creatures, rather than a seascape. A central octopus-versus-lobster motif, a large bass and a rock with a kingfisher are placed among other sea animals against a dark background… [1280×1280][OC] #Artefact #ArtefactPorn #Artefacts #Artifact #ArtifactPorn #Artifacts

  3. usluck.com/865418/tazza-farnes Tazza Farnese, a cameo bowl made of four-layered sardonyx agate. The origin of the piece is unknown. However, the consensus among scholars, based on the blending of Egyptian and Greek or Roman iconography in its carvings, is that it was created in Alexandria between 300 and 20 BC… [1280×1280] [OC] #Artefact #ArtefactPorn #Artefacts #Artifact #ArtifactPorn #Artifacts

  4. usluck.com/865288/roman-marine Roman marine-life mosaic, Pompeii, c. 100 BC. The scene is a compact catalogue of over 20 Mediterranean creatures, rather than a seascape. A central octopus-versus-lobster motif, a large bass and a rock with a kingfisher are placed among other sea animals against a dark background… [1280×1280][OC] #Artefact #ArtefactPorn #Artefacts #Artifact #ArtifactPorn #Artifacts

  5. usluck.com/865288/roman-marine Roman marine-life mosaic, Pompeii, c. 100 BC. The scene is a compact catalogue of over 20 Mediterranean creatures, rather than a seascape. A central octopus-versus-lobster motif, a large bass and a rock with a kingfisher are placed among other sea animals against a dark background… [1280×1280][OC] #Artefact #ArtefactPorn #Artefacts #Artifact #ArtifactPorn #Artifacts

  6. usluck.com/865070/a-silver-coi A silver coin from the ancient city of Elis in Greece, depicting on the obverse an eagle’s head facing left, below it a poplar leaf, and on the reverse an upright stylized winged lightning bolt in an olive wreath. Ca. 421-365 BCE, now housed at the Münzkabinett in Berlin [539×1086] #Artefact #ArtefactPorn #Artefacts #Artifact #ArtifactPorn #Artifacts

  7. usluck.com/865070/a-silver-coi A silver coin from the ancient city of Elis in Greece, depicting on the obverse an eagle’s head facing left, below it a poplar leaf, and on the reverse an upright stylized winged lightning bolt in an olive wreath. Ca. 421-365 BCE, now housed at the Münzkabinett in Berlin [539×1086] #Artefact #ArtefactPorn #Artefacts #Artifact #ArtifactPorn #Artifacts